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    The surname Ringold

    A German surname, carried by 622 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R524

    Ringold: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ringold #36,048, 622 people Ringold: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ringold #36,048, 622 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ringold is more common than 77.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, variant of German Ringolt, equivalent to Ring (“ring”) + walten (“to rule”). Compare Ringgold. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Reingold, from German rein (“pure”) + Gold.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 622 people named Ringold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 592.

    #36,048
    rank among US surnames
    622
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #35,860)

    Who is named Ringold

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    53% of people named Ringold identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ringold

    Ringold has the Soundex code R524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R524.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ringold come from?
    * As a German surname, variant of German Ringolt, equivalent to Ring (“ring”) + walten (“to rule”). Compare Ringgold. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Reingold, from German rein (“pure”) + Gold.
    How common is the surname Ringold?
    622 people in the United States had the surname Ringold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. It ranked 36,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ringold?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Ringold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ringold getting more or less common?
    More common. 592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 622 in 2010, up 5.1%.